# Accident 19800628022889A: Beech A35, Saluda, SC, June 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1980, 07:45 local time
- Place: Saluda, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0012° N, 81.7710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saluda, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0012&lon=-81.7710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N489B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Reported engine: CONT E1851
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 29 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FLG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLG14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800628022889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE SEIZED. FOUND ENGINE OIL DEPLETED BY RUPTURED SCAVENGE OIL PRESSURE RETURN HOSE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL80FLG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLG14), Jun 28, 1980: Beech A35 (N489B), Saluda, SC, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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